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both hilary clinton and barack obama were stronger at the end of this. romney is much weaker. >> i heard that he was in cook county, in the chicago area, a media market that he was outstanding santorum 28 to 1. >> exactly. we know that romney can buy elections. he won't have that advantage against barack obama. >> that's right. >> he is still going to have -- he is still going to have the spending advantage going forward. it looks very good for him to proceed to the nomination but he is not winning a lot of hearts and minds while it does it. republican voters on the right, the evangelical voters are not happy with romney, and the swing voters are not happy either. >> what about how far -- how much of a margin -- obviously this is only -- we have got 65%, and that's in cook county in, if we back it up the total amount of the state in is 31%. so he is at 54%. if 54% held that would be a significant enough win for him to feel like the margin was big enough for the nay sayers to say -- to not say oh, it was a loss -- >> it's a good night for mitt romney. but
both hilary clinton and barack obama were stronger at the end of this. romney is much weaker. >> i heard that he was in cook county, in the chicago area, a media market that he was outstanding santorum 28 to 1. >> exactly. we know that romney can buy elections. he won't have that advantage against barack obama. >> that's right. >> he is still going to have -- he is still going to have the spending advantage going forward. it looks very good for him to proceed to the...
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in 1992 and '96, bush got more white votes than clinton and he won. in 2000, gore won but he lost because of voter suppression scheming. making voting accessible and open and fair. as we travel around the world, are they open fair and free? those principals should apply, eliot right here at home. >> and alec and others are very open they believe if there are fewer votes, they become more powerful. you succeeded in getting civil society, you succeeded in getting organizing forces to bring pressure to bear on coke and pepsi. how will you move that to other companies as well so they will not only drop their membership but then in other areas where we're pushing today? >> these companies if you support voter suppression, if you support the stand your ground laws support alec. if you do not, make a choice. but color of change will make it real clear. what makes america great is the right to protest. when the big ball games take place between say kentucky and kansas state the planning field was even. the rules are public. the record was fair. that's the ame
in 1992 and '96, bush got more white votes than clinton and he won. in 2000, gore won but he lost because of voter suppression scheming. making voting accessible and open and fair. as we travel around the world, are they open fair and free? those principals should apply, eliot right here at home. >> and alec and others are very open they believe if there are fewer votes, they become more powerful. you succeeded in getting civil society, you succeeded in getting organizing forces to bring...
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he's the same people who beat the clinton machine. before that the people who would play hard balance in the hard balance category from the clintons. now he has taken that mantle. now they're in chicago outside of the normal washington, d.c. politics who are not buffeted by the conventional wisdom of do this and do that. he has david axelrod who has the representation for one of the hardest--dirty is not a word, but old school type of politics. and you have a guy like jim messina who is the campaign manager who knows how to win and he's willinging to the ex-try mile to get there. you have this team that is not afraid to pull punches and they don't think they're going to back down, either. >> cenk: it's interesting because i remember in the '08 campaign with mccain at least he played rope a dope. when the situation called for it, he kept it his powder dry. given with how he treated hillary, with mccain he plays rope a dope. and mccain placed himself out. now he's going after romney honestly viciously, but when he needs to. i think he a
he's the same people who beat the clinton machine. before that the people who would play hard balance in the hard balance category from the clintons. now he has taken that mantle. now they're in chicago outside of the normal washington, d.c. politics who are not buffeted by the conventional wisdom of do this and do that. he has david axelrod who has the representation for one of the hardest--dirty is not a word, but old school type of politics. and you have a guy like jim messina who is the...
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clinton raised taxes. spending went up. taxes went up and the economy grew sending a percentage of gdp down that's what the chart shows. spending helped, taxes helped. the economy flourished. this is opposite from their false claims. the larger point is this. these guys will distort whenever they want or need to. history fails them. economics fails them. the only answer for them is to did hetodeceive. it's time to call them out. that's my view. jennifer granholm is politically direct on current tv. >>the dominoes are starting to fall. (vo) granholm is live in the war room. >> what should women be doing? >> electing women to office. (vo) she's a political trailblazer. >>republicans of course didn't let facts get in the way of spin. really? no. it comes with a hat. see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline, anytime. hey, i just said that. after all,
clinton raised taxes. spending went up. taxes went up and the economy grew sending a percentage of gdp down that's what the chart shows. spending helped, taxes helped. the economy flourished. this is opposite from their false claims. the larger point is this. these guys will distort whenever they want or need to. history fails them. economics fails them. the only answer for them is to did hetodeceive. it's time to call them out. that's my view. jennifer granholm is politically direct on current...
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. >> romney: president bill clinton and republicans coming together to reform welfare. they reformed welfare not just to save money, more importantly they reformed welfare to encourage people to work. president obama in just the last few days has tried to reverse that accomplishment by taking work requirement out of welfare. if i'm president i'll put work back in welfare. >> cenk: if i'm president i'll continue lying about every single issue. the question is why. why do they do it? i thought they wanted to run on their ideas. ryan has this bold plan. that's why the conservatives flipped them. cut medicare, custody medicaid and take more money out of the system because they say it's not sustainable. are you going to admit that? no, of course not because you would get crushed in the election it is you told the american people your real ideas. what are they going to do? they'll lie about it and pretend that president obama wants to cut medicare. here is their ad on that. >> obama is raiding $716 billion from medicare changing the program forever. taxing wheelchairs and pac
. >> romney: president bill clinton and republicans coming together to reform welfare. they reformed welfare not just to save money, more importantly they reformed welfare to encourage people to work. president obama in just the last few days has tried to reverse that accomplishment by taking work requirement out of welfare. if i'm president i'll put work back in welfare. >> cenk: if i'm president i'll continue lying about every single issue. the question is why. why do they do it?...
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even though it's not true i am trying to raise -- i am trying to raise taxes or at least go back to clinton tax rates for those who are wealthy than for mitt romney to say we shouldn't go back and i think one thing that's important to remember, i think that people do remember, even if it's vaguely so that it's not such a idea to go back to tax rates under bill clinton when after all, the economy was so much better. >> right. i think it's a simple message he has. last question real quick, what's more important to voters? mitt romney releasing his tax returns or mitt romney's tax policies? >> in their day-to-day lives, mitt romney's tax policy is the most important thing to look at. voters, if they are voting in their own economic self interest, i think, will want to look at what the tax proposals mitt romney is doing versus what mompom would do to allow corporations have a lower tax returns on materials made overseas, that is an incentive for companies to move jobs overseas. that will not help the average voter. >> yeah. i think they are interested in both and i hope they learn about what th
even though it's not true i am trying to raise -- i am trying to raise taxes or at least go back to clinton tax rates for those who are wealthy than for mitt romney to say we shouldn't go back and i think one thing that's important to remember, i think that people do remember, even if it's vaguely so that it's not such a idea to go back to tax rates under bill clinton when after all, the economy was so much better. >> right. i think it's a simple message he has. last question real quick,...
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his campaign talk facts and statistics that are true, and let's face it, everyone talks about bill clinton used facts. that's what voters want. they want facts figures and proper arguments. >> eliot: the public would love it pivot from the 47% and to a real debate on what an economic policy would succeed. but mitt romney has not given us that speech. he has not stood behind a podium and said here is my economic agenda and here's why it's going to work. >> what he lacks in charm he makes up for in secrecy. >> eliot: i think you gave us the headline. there is a lack of clarity. a lack of capacity even to understand what he has been. where has paul ryan gone? being booted to aarp, further proof that the medicare debate that they relish they want to engage in, this is not a selling point for anyone in america. >> there was a moment when ryan came on board and we thought we would have a proper debate about specifics. but of course ryan has not been allowed to speak has he. he has been pushed back. >> eliot: he was permitted at first but when you peel back the layers on his onion the numbers don
his campaign talk facts and statistics that are true, and let's face it, everyone talks about bill clinton used facts. that's what voters want. they want facts figures and proper arguments. >> eliot: the public would love it pivot from the 47% and to a real debate on what an economic policy would succeed. but mitt romney has not given us that speech. he has not stood behind a podium and said here is my economic agenda and here's why it's going to work. >> what he lacks in charm he...
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this hillary clinton nutcracker and bill clinton corkscrew set? and once they have had their fill of wine and nuts they can cook up plenty of manly meat on this barbecue grill is definitely killing two birds with one stone. finally your
this hillary clinton nutcracker and bill clinton corkscrew set? and once they have had their fill of wine and nuts they can cook up plenty of manly meat on this barbecue grill is definitely killing two birds with one stone. finally your
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bill clinton wins reelection by a big margin. 2008 we nominate a moderate. barack obama wins. why would anybody in the establishment think a massachusetts moderate, which is a liberal by republican standards, pro-abortion pro-gun control, pro-tax increase, pro-gay rates, why would they think that he is going to be able to debate barack obama? >> a little desperation in his voice? >> a little desperation, and, you know, he may get a job as a pundit somewhere, you know. >> he used to have one. >> that's true. maybe he will go back to it. >> that could be. could be. >> but i mean, the idea of labeling romney as not just a moderate but that then he moved it to a liberal and a liar. will that hurt romney with the tea party people that he is going to need? >> look. there is a harsh reality here that newt gang rich has to face up to. there is, unfortunately from my perspective, your perspective, i think i can say that to you, a lot of venom deathed towards president obama. the tea party votes are going to go well republican nominee barring some third-party surge we don't envision. so
bill clinton wins reelection by a big margin. 2008 we nominate a moderate. barack obama wins. why would anybody in the establishment think a massachusetts moderate, which is a liberal by republican standards, pro-abortion pro-gun control, pro-tax increase, pro-gay rates, why would they think that he is going to be able to debate barack obama? >> a little desperation in his voice? >> a little desperation, and, you know, he may get a job as a pundit somewhere, you know. >> he...
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president clinton came out on top, president obama was second at former president george w. bush scored third at 46%, a solid three points ahead of mitt romney. you heard that right, george w. bush is more popular than mitt romney. and some republicans are blaming the campaign's problem on the candidate himself. an anonymous romney organization top member was quoted as saying . . . and a top washington republican . . . turning to the latest swing state polls. a survey has likely voters in new hampshire backing the president a 50 to 45%. new hampshire voters also give the president a 7-point edge. in virginia the president is leading mitt romney again by two points, as does suffolk university and d.c. 12 poll. while the nevada virginia and colorado races are close, mitt romney chose to campaign today in pennsylvania. he told the crowd at the military academy. >> romney: i want to take that big cloud off of the small business world that is hang over them. three-quarters say they don't want to hire more people because of obamacare. [ cheers ] >> eliot: despite the fact that he
president clinton came out on top, president obama was second at former president george w. bush scored third at 46%, a solid three points ahead of mitt romney. you heard that right, george w. bush is more popular than mitt romney. and some republicans are blaming the campaign's problem on the candidate himself. an anonymous romney organization top member was quoted as saying . . . and a top washington republican . . . turning to the latest swing state polls. a survey has likely voters in new...
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you were in president clinton's administration. do you think this will be a changing of the political climate to make the passage of at least an assault weapon's ban possible? >> i am because i am hearing politicians who have begun owners and champions of the second amendment. have argued in the past. they are beginning to say we want gun controls. we think it's important to restrict the registration and have a variety of things that they had opposed before. these are not necessarily republicans, but i think the tenor of the debate has changed. i remember back in 1994 it was very hard to get any gun controls then. we had had a few incidents -- the babedy bill had been up for consideration for many years, and finally politicians did have the courage, but then many politicians feel that they paid for it at the ballot box in those midterm elections, and that scared off a lot of politician politicians. i think those, that fear is no long we are us. >> jennifer: i hope you are right. republicans have been really quiet. cnn producer appr
you were in president clinton's administration. do you think this will be a changing of the political climate to make the passage of at least an assault weapon's ban possible? >> i am because i am hearing politicians who have begun owners and champions of the second amendment. have argued in the past. they are beginning to say we want gun controls. we think it's important to restrict the registration and have a variety of things that they had opposed before. these are not necessarily...
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the president go with aurora colorado and we have seen that with president bush and with president clinton and now with president obama. almost a job of the president to be consoler in chief. i thought they both rose to the occasion frankly. >> do you think this takes gun control off of the table? >> i don't think -- go ahead. >> let me say, i will say it was never on the table. i regret that, particularly on the part of president obama, but it's not been on the table. this is not going to put it on the table and jay carney went out of his way to say that the president felt that there was no need to talk about any other forms of the law gun control laws or sales of ammunition laws for that purpose. i regret that both of them have decided they are not going to touch it in this campaign. >> with an economy like this i don't think it's time for this debate in the campaign but i tell you if it was, you had a gentleman on here mr. mauser from colorado who you were talking about closing the gun loophole. they closed the loophole 12 years ago. how many miles away was aurora? >> he didn't get it f
the president go with aurora colorado and we have seen that with president bush and with president clinton and now with president obama. almost a job of the president to be consoler in chief. i thought they both rose to the occasion frankly. >> do you think this takes gun control off of the table? >> i don't think -- go ahead. >> let me say, i will say it was never on the table. i regret that, particularly on the part of president obama, but it's not been on the table. this is...
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hillary clinton had a lot of the votes. i was in the debate, i don't know about you, when i was hearing people say it's racism. and i was saying hillary clinton's platform is a little more progressive and her persuasion is emphatic. it's not as vague and gauzey as hope and change. when president obama became more serious he won people over. i think he can do it again. he's not going to win the majority, but he could do better. >> jennifer: we're out of time, but i'm so excited to have you on "the war room." i'm so excited to talk to you about this provocative and important book. joan walsh, author of "what's the matter with white people." thank you so much. as for what is the matter with brett bet. that's a mystery best left unsolved. >> up head here comes the story of the hurricane. the one that the republican authorities try to blame on anything but global warming. don't go away. sir... excuse me, excuse me... can i get you to sign off on the johnson case... ♪ we built this city! ♪ don't let food hang around. ♪ on r
hillary clinton had a lot of the votes. i was in the debate, i don't know about you, when i was hearing people say it's racism. and i was saying hillary clinton's platform is a little more progressive and her persuasion is emphatic. it's not as vague and gauzey as hope and change. when president obama became more serious he won people over. i think he can do it again. he's not going to win the majority, but he could do better. >> jennifer: we're out of time, but i'm so excited to have you...
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but let me ask you, bill clinton had not so much glamour but charisma. i think craig is hitting something important here. that charisma is what pulled the public through him through thick and thin. is this important? >> this charisma thing, we know it when we see it, john kennedy barack obama bill clinton. they had a vision, a metaphor, a story. now reagan was simple police tick, and it may have fit the typetime because of the time, government evil, and thank you very much. it worked for his base. obama does not quite have it yet. simply, he is emotionally remote and brilliant guy. so is john kennedy. >> we got to break here. we'll continue this. i'll give you another interpretation, the vision of a presidency is often imposed after the fact. we will take the pieces two years from now and five years from now and say this was what the vision was. it's not always clear because we live in the small micro political and economic decisions but later on we can see whether it was there. you never let me finish. >> johnson said he did that for kennedy before the
but let me ask you, bill clinton had not so much glamour but charisma. i think craig is hitting something important here. that charisma is what pulled the public through him through thick and thin. is this important? >> this charisma thing, we know it when we see it, john kennedy barack obama bill clinton. they had a vision, a metaphor, a story. now reagan was simple police tick, and it may have fit the typetime because of the time, government evil, and thank you very much. it worked for...
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clinton got credit for taking on his own constituency and his own base. mitt romney goes on to take on the base of the opposition and then brags to his own base. look at that. ha ha, i got the black guys. it looks that ugly, doesn't it? >> well, yeah. and the one kind of telling moment i thought was at the end when he said hey if you want to see if the president is going to do right for you, you're looking at him. where have we heard that from mitt romney before. he was trying to think of how a rapper might relate to something like this with a big bling around his neck and a baseball cap, brag dashio. it points out we're far away from 2004 and 2002 when kenn mehlman, the chair of the republican party had an outreach program to african-americans and said give us a chance, we'll give you a choice. the chance was there and the choice was ever more clear this is not the republicans that african-americans would want to vote for not only in terms of his style but also in terms of what he's saying about the government. >> cenk: joe, to me the telling moment was
clinton got credit for taking on his own constituency and his own base. mitt romney goes on to take on the base of the opposition and then brags to his own base. look at that. ha ha, i got the black guys. it looks that ugly, doesn't it? >> well, yeah. and the one kind of telling moment i thought was at the end when he said hey if you want to see if the president is going to do right for you, you're looking at him. where have we heard that from mitt romney before. he was trying to think of...
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but they did do the deregulation in the clinton administration, too. so the american people are right. they know how we got screwed. they know how we lost the middle class. we can't make that mistake again. don't ever listen to them if they tell you tax cuts and deregulation is the way to go. we just showed you that's the exact opposite of the truth. all right, now when we come back on a totally different topic we're going to talk about how anaheim has done something incredibly offensive against latinos again. but we're going to have a debate over it. is it as bad as it looks. when we return. >> they have an event called senor and season [ train whistle blows ] [ ball hitting paddle ] [ orbit girl ] don't let food hang around. yeah! [ orbit trumpet ] clean it up with orbit! [ orbit glint ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling. try new orbit micro packs. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: for this special edition of tyt supreme court we wring in a special justice jerry springer. he's joining the court with ana michael, and jayar. and at issue today is have we bec
but they did do the deregulation in the clinton administration, too. so the american people are right. they know how we got screwed. they know how we lost the middle class. we can't make that mistake again. don't ever listen to them if they tell you tax cuts and deregulation is the way to go. we just showed you that's the exact opposite of the truth. all right, now when we come back on a totally different topic we're going to talk about how anaheim has done something incredibly offensive...
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bill clinton changed the direction of the republican party. barack obama put a stomp on the democratic party in part of who he was and what he represented about the future, and what his election would represent about the country. but romney has put no stamp at all on the republican party. >> in fact... >> the republican party has stamped it's he'll on his forehead. >> that's what i was going to say. they starched him, branded him if you will. you also say that you don't think that the republican presidential candle dates from years past would have even come close saying what mitt romney said in that video behind closed doors about the 47%. what makes you say that? >> i just don't think that that degree of resentment and rage had percolated up to that level that it has in these last two or three years. you know, george w. bush, yes he favored the rich in his policies, there's no question about that, but he didn't drive a hatred of poor people. he didn't drive a narrative about, you know, working class and poor people being moochers. that narrat
bill clinton changed the direction of the republican party. barack obama put a stomp on the democratic party in part of who he was and what he represented about the future, and what his election would represent about the country. but romney has put no stamp at all on the republican party. >> in fact... >> the republican party has stamped it's he'll on his forehead. >> that's what i was going to say. they starched him, branded him if you will. you also say that you don't think...
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mayor clinton. >> mayor chelsey clinton. >> jennifer: you think hillary clinton would be interested in being mayor? >> no, as great as new york is, i think it would feel like a demotioning to from traveling the world as secretary of state to dining the fine restaurant of new york. i think they'll vote in quinn. >> jennifer: karl, let me follow up with you. there is a new york democrat nate shinigoa who lost his race, but he received a letter from hillary clinton, and he posted it on his facebook. and she's in fact in that letter encouraging him to keep on fighting in the political website, saying that is new for clinton. do you think she's building support for a presidential campaign? >> i don't think she's building support to go on a nice long vacation. >> jennifer: i totally agree. >> which is probably what she's going to do, take a break while her team puts everything together. it's smart politics congratulating, and offering condolences to anyone who lost. i think it's pretty normal. i think it's usual that a candidate would put it up for the world to see but i think it's a smart t
mayor clinton. >> mayor chelsey clinton. >> jennifer: you think hillary clinton would be interested in being mayor? >> no, as great as new york is, i think it would feel like a demotioning to from traveling the world as secretary of state to dining the fine restaurant of new york. i think they'll vote in quinn. >> jennifer: karl, let me follow up with you. there is a new york democrat nate shinigoa who lost his race, but he received a letter from hillary clinton, and he...
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joining me now former assistant to president clinton for national security affairs. thank you for joining us. >> a pleasure, eliot. >> eliot: let's start with the important question. what do we know about al-qaeda's attacks in the consulate in ben gassy. >> this was a well planned attack. somebody had been casing the consulate in benghazi for some time. whether they acted on the spur of the moment or if they had direction in outside of libya remains to be scene. >> eliot: the difficulty given the uncertainty and it's impossible to get your arms around all the facts very quickly. but the difficulty then is how do we then move in our evolving relationship with the new libyan government to control al-qaeda's presence and respect their sovereignty. where do we go in this evolving arab spring, in libya in particular. >> a lot of this takes time. building up a strong system of government, institution of government libya in particular build gadhafi never wanted an institution that would rival his him. every political faction within libya has weapons and obviously at least o
joining me now former assistant to president clinton for national security affairs. thank you for joining us. >> a pleasure, eliot. >> eliot: let's start with the important question. what do we know about al-qaeda's attacks in the consulate in ben gassy. >> this was a well planned attack. somebody had been casing the consulate in benghazi for some time. whether they acted on the spur of the moment or if they had direction in outside of libya remains to be scene. >>...
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you didn't see obama and clinton talking over i'm for peace. >> if you had a device that could end all the evils in the country but it could also be used to do bad things. after you used it to erase all the evils in the country, would you destroy such a device or would you keep it around just in case. it's not perfect but it's not a bad analogy to barack obama. the newest voice in cable news is on the new news network. >>it is an independent progressive voice and i love that. >>jennifer granholm joins current tv. a former two term governor. >>people like somebody who's got a spine. >>determined to find solutions... >>we need government to ensure that people have freedom. >>driven to find the truth... >>what's really going on? >>fearless, independent and above all, politically direct. [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome
you didn't see obama and clinton talking over i'm for peace. >> if you had a device that could end all the evils in the country but it could also be used to do bad things. after you used it to erase all the evils in the country, would you destroy such a device or would you keep it around just in case. it's not perfect but it's not a bad analogy to barack obama. the newest voice in cable news is on the new news network. >>it is an independent progressive voice and i love that....
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clinton can do a man a lot of good. >> president clinton, thank you for your very kind introduction, although i have to admit i really did like the speech a few weeks ago a little bit better. >> all right romney in that speech had a whopper about special interest. you know what i love about this show? facts. we're going to bring you facts about his top donors. will blow your mind. hows that for fun? you know mitt romney's best friend caused this. >> it was a scramble in the end zone and then a split decision. one says touchdown another says no. >> this is comical to me, really. >> how is mitt romney related to that? i'm going to prove that. you sit right here and you'll see exactly how he's related. it turns out our government has been lying to us about civilians killed in broken strikes. i know, shocker. but this is the result. >> one of the things we heard from several people is that they didn't know what america was before drones and now what they know of america is drones, death and terror. >> here's what we do on this show whether we're going after republicans or democratics we
clinton can do a man a lot of good. >> president clinton, thank you for your very kind introduction, although i have to admit i really did like the speech a few weeks ago a little bit better. >> all right romney in that speech had a whopper about special interest. you know what i love about this show? facts. we're going to bring you facts about his top donors. will blow your mind. hows that for fun? you know mitt romney's best friend caused this. >> it was a scramble in the...
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so bill clinton brought attention to that. i think the state is waking up to that. >> eliot: the old maxim is that all politics are local. the jobs numbers that we saw come out this morning not a pretty picture. has wisconsin been able to weather that storm or has scott walker made it worse. >> it's been tough. when you take all the states and line them up from who has had the most job growth to who has had the least, scott walker in wisconsin is 50th out of 50 states. all the date that that is recognized by all 9 the states. while all the country has seen an economic recovery, and we've seen job growth across the toronto, wisconsin is--across the country wisconsin is the only state that has gone into a deficit. our economy is way behind the rest of the country. way behind other midwestern states minnesota illinois, michigan are all doing better than wisconsin. so there is no trends that he can point at that says it's something that is not scott walker, his policies that are holding back wisconsin. >> eliot: am i right that th
so bill clinton brought attention to that. i think the state is waking up to that. >> eliot: the old maxim is that all politics are local. the jobs numbers that we saw come out this morning not a pretty picture. has wisconsin been able to weather that storm or has scott walker made it worse. >> it's been tough. when you take all the states and line them up from who has had the most job growth to who has had the least, scott walker in wisconsin is 50th out of 50 states. all the date...
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there are moments during the debates with hillary clinton where you wanted him to be more aggressive. he's just not -- that's not his approach to debating and i don't know if he will ever be a guy who's going to be able to throw a knockout punch. but overall, i don't think he created any problems for himself moving forward like mitt romney may have. it is going to be up to democrats to take advantage of some of the opportunities that romney gave. romney won the night but it may have ultimately hurt him down the road if the president's campaign and if democrats are smart about going after some of the statements that romney made. >> eliot: i have somebody who is going to call both of you to help you deal with reality for the next couple of days. democratic strategist doug thornel and tim dickinson, thank you for your time tonight. what we were now to my point. (vo) jennifer granholm ... >>for every discouraged voter, there are ten angry ones taking action. trickle down does not work. in romney's world, cars get the elevator and the workers get the shaft. that is a whole bunch of bunk. t
there are moments during the debates with hillary clinton where you wanted him to be more aggressive. he's just not -- that's not his approach to debating and i don't know if he will ever be a guy who's going to be able to throw a knockout punch. but overall, i don't think he created any problems for himself moving forward like mitt romney may have. it is going to be up to democrats to take advantage of some of the opportunities that romney gave. romney won the night but it may have ultimately...
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mitt romney really has some brass as bill clinton would say. he tells george stephanopoulos he thinks the president is going to lie in the debates. >> i think the challenge that i'll have in the debate is that the president tends to -- how shall i say it, say things that aren't true. >> jennifer: all right. it isn't just the pot calling the kettle black, it is also the pot's friends. mitt romney's surrogates have been repeating the same idea over the past 24 hours like karl rove who wrote in the "wall street journal," mr. obama has taken ordinary political differences between anything we've seen. every day it seems he attempts to disqualify his opponent through deliberate and undeniable falsehoods. and then when he was asked by jim acosta when romney was at cnn whether he had played fast and loose with the facts from time to time romney says this. on and any time there's anything that's been amiss, we correct it or remove it. >> jennifer: absolutely spot on. the audacity of this -- he's lying about lying. so let's just see what a couple of inde
mitt romney really has some brass as bill clinton would say. he tells george stephanopoulos he thinks the president is going to lie in the debates. >> i think the challenge that i'll have in the debate is that the president tends to -- how shall i say it, say things that aren't true. >> jennifer: all right. it isn't just the pot calling the kettle black, it is also the pot's friends. mitt romney's surrogates have been repeating the same idea over the past 24 hours like karl rove who...
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clinton that would be one thing. barack obama has done zero on gunned, and i don't know why--so what. home people voted for barack obama wanted to go to that shooting range any way? >> i'm sorry this is the thing though, a we all ask questions. who need the assault rifles, the bombs and the grenades, they say we just need it for hunting and protection. they think that liberals and progressives don't own guns in the first place. really they think there is this war they're setting up. there was going to be the conservatives against the liberals, and we need to have the guns. we need to kill them but we can't let them have guns or we're going to lose. >> ahaying. >> the atter nat reality that they live in is amazeing to me every time. the guns are going to be taken away! we're going to go to war! cuckoo for cocoa puffs. speaking of which, let's go to-bam. senator bedford is introducing for the third time a piece of legislation that would allow you to take your gun to work. nobody gets anger at work and there has never b
clinton that would be one thing. barack obama has done zero on gunned, and i don't know why--so what. home people voted for barack obama wanted to go to that shooting range any way? >> i'm sorry this is the thing though, a we all ask questions. who need the assault rifles, the bombs and the grenades, they say we just need it for hunting and protection. they think that liberals and progressives don't own guns in the first place. really they think there is this war they're setting up. there...
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number one hey remember when we had higher taxes under clinton for the rich? it work! we created 23 million jobs. remember when we lowered taxes for the rich under bush in the last ten years it did not work! do you know this is 1950, the 35% tax rate that we have now for the top bracket is the least effective. it means that it created the least amount of gdp and the least amount of jobs. it's the only tax rate where we've had negative job growth. where we lost jobs. it didn't help the middle class. it hurt the middle class. so the fact that president obama is laying that case out today is excellent. by the way also the optics around is are pretty good. he has got a lot of people around him. you couldn't see the whole picture, there are men and women. they strategically surrounded him with all the women for women voters. hey, women voters. that's good thinking, and that's good politics. he's right on the substance. watch for more. >> obama: many members of the other party believe that prosperity comes from the top down. if we spend trillions more on tax cuts for the wea
number one hey remember when we had higher taxes under clinton for the rich? it work! we created 23 million jobs. remember when we lowered taxes for the rich under bush in the last ten years it did not work! do you know this is 1950, the 35% tax rate that we have now for the top bracket is the least effective. it means that it created the least amount of gdp and the least amount of jobs. it's the only tax rate where we've had negative job growth. where we lost jobs. it didn't help the middle...
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what the clinton team did was reintroduce bill clinton to the american public, and talked about how he had been brought up and raised, and that allowed him to forge an emotional connection with voters. >> jennifer: kind of ironic in this case people do think he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and he probably was, i don't know if we can reinvent himself away from a from that. >> a better parallel george h.w. bush senior who in 1988 was from a political dynasty and he used that speech to introduce himself and something other than ronald reagan's sidekick. if you look at the bush speech and clinton speech you see examples of party nominees saying you don't know much about me yet but this is what makes me tick. this is what we'll see. i don't pretend to know the answer. we'll see if romney can pull it off. >> jennifer: the following week in charlotte, these are back-to-back. how do the conventions so close to the republicans change the dynamics of what the democrats should be doing? >> it probably works to the advantage of the democrats if no other reason that any bounce romney g
what the clinton team did was reintroduce bill clinton to the american public, and talked about how he had been brought up and raised, and that allowed him to forge an emotional connection with voters. >> jennifer: kind of ironic in this case people do think he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and he probably was, i don't know if we can reinvent himself away from a from that. >> a better parallel george h.w. bush senior who in 1988 was from a political dynasty and he used...
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secretary clinton has, so that's to allow her to shine. hillary clinton is ready to be president on day 1 if she chooses to go there. >> yes or no? should she? >> clinton brand is improving. looks good. >> looks good. >> from cassandra pye, the republican. love that. a quick break. final thoughts on what a busy day it was on the campaign front. you are watching the war room. it's only on current tv. ttv
secretary clinton has, so that's to allow her to shine. hillary clinton is ready to be president on day 1 if she chooses to go there. >> yes or no? should she? >> clinton brand is improving. looks good. >> looks good. >> from cassandra pye, the republican. love that. a quick break. final thoughts on what a busy day it was on the campaign front. you are watching the war room. it's only on current tv. ttv
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no one with the exception of president clinton and the assault weapons ban, no one has had the courage to confront this issue. the ironry of it is that it's not that hard of an issue to confront. we're all scared of the nra. we don't realize that the american people have common sense. did you see the recent cap poll where 71% of gun owners and nra members believe that no one should get a gun without a background check? meaning that they're all in favor of doing away with the gun show loophole, for example. that's gun owners and nra members. that's not counting the rest of us. i think right now a politician stood up and said, i want two laws passed. one banning possession or ownership of an assault rifle any sort of auto okay or semiautomatic rifle that only has one purpose to kill as many people as possible. if those two things were put before the american people, they would vote for them 70% in my adjustment. >> cenk: while i totally agree with that sentiment, let me disagree with the premise of the book two ways. it's a nation of wusses. i don't think so. it's just the politician. >>
no one with the exception of president clinton and the assault weapons ban, no one has had the courage to confront this issue. the ironry of it is that it's not that hard of an issue to confront. we're all scared of the nra. we don't realize that the american people have common sense. did you see the recent cap poll where 71% of gun owners and nra members believe that no one should get a gun without a background check? meaning that they're all in favor of doing away with the gun show loophole,...
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bill clinton jk. although, let's face it. who would stop me. i'm back, baby. >> now, now, you know i can't. i already served my two terms. no i get what you're saying, man, but just--the constitution is what it--oh, you mean, oh, okay. >> how about former michigan governor jennifer granholm energy's speech. oh, my god. she was working that crowd like an evangelist. [ cheering ] [ cheering usa ] >> he trotted out the same wild claim that republicans have been working for years to disprove. >> i'm the president. [applause] but it's so arrogant. i bet you anything you never hear mitt romney say those words. >> eliot: just so it's clear jennifer moved the spirit, and we could not be more proud of her. that's jennifer granholm, our own current tv host. coming up i'm jennifer granholm, let me tell you a story. in colorado the auto rescue saved more than 9,000 jobs. in the great state of michigan, 211,000 good paying, american jobs! in romney's world, cars get the elevator, and the workers get the shaft! (vo) want more granholm? get her every night. >
bill clinton jk. although, let's face it. who would stop me. i'm back, baby. >> now, now, you know i can't. i already served my two terms. no i get what you're saying, man, but just--the constitution is what it--oh, you mean, oh, okay. >> how about former michigan governor jennifer granholm energy's speech. oh, my god. she was working that crowd like an evangelist. [ cheering ] [ cheering usa ] >> he trotted out the same wild claim that republicans have been working for years...
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in 2008 he directed hillary clinton's campaigns in california texas and north carolina. and joining us from new york city is political analyst david he is a contributor for the the atlantic and several other publications, thanks to you both for coming back inside the war room. >> all right. >> thanks for having. >> jennifer: great david. i am goal to start with you. because of course the obama campaign is trying to connect with middle class voters but at the same time, romney is at the hampton and tonight at a fundraise never aspen. do you think that romney doesn't seem concerned enough about appearing to sort of amplify the disconnect between the wealthy and regular folks? >> yeah, i don't think that these backdrops help, rights? so it doesn't help the president if he's launching the pain strategy ads and appearing at a wall street fundraiser and it certainly doesn't help mitt romney to appear in the hamptons among millionaires at the very moment that he is not only living up to the image of sort of a pluto contract but barack crat but barack obama is also focusing on i
in 2008 he directed hillary clinton's campaigns in california texas and north carolina. and joining us from new york city is political analyst david he is a contributor for the the atlantic and several other publications, thanks to you both for coming back inside the war room. >> all right. >> thanks for having. >> jennifer: great david. i am goal to start with you. because of course the obama campaign is trying to connect with middle class voters but at the same time, romney...
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>> this is the poll that dick morris would have given bill clinton and said we need to triangulate now. but from the rhetoric we are hearing from president obama it doesn't seem like he's got somebody in the white house telling him that. they are actually taking a different tack to focus on wealth inequality that will cuts against this pole. whether they are going to be right and pave out a way through this that's different, we will have to see, but it certainly does raise the question of whether that's the right approach. >> let me ask you the question. do you think these numbers are wrong for some meth doe logical reason or misreading the data there? the president over the past number of months clearly is becoming more populist in his rhetoric, more strident is not a word i would like to use because it sounds like an edginess that i don't think has been there but nonetheless, there is an increasing problem of increased income inequality in this nation and yet his popularity xwrov approve rate something 4%. 50 is the magic number. the economy may dip back the wrong way. should they re
>> this is the poll that dick morris would have given bill clinton and said we need to triangulate now. but from the rhetoric we are hearing from president obama it doesn't seem like he's got somebody in the white house telling him that. they are actually taking a different tack to focus on wealth inequality that will cuts against this pole. whether they are going to be right and pave out a way through this that's different, we will have to see, but it certainly does raise the question of...
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now, that's on hillary clinton. as we were researching this, we found, by the way, let me tell you how many times this has been sent around. it's got 66,000 notes on tumblr 265,000 likes on facebook 7,000 shares on facebook and 21 million estimated impressions, which is unbelievable. everybody is buzzing she is not going to the convention. she is cool. 2016, here we come. i have seen like two or three articles on that. based on this picture alone. people are crazy, but it's fun. so then, as we were looking through mimes, we found out there is an angry cenkmime. they take my angry screen capture, they got fox news said what? ? and then god-damn sveater wests. >> safer, bush says look at mime generator.net for texting
now, that's on hillary clinton. as we were researching this, we found, by the way, let me tell you how many times this has been sent around. it's got 66,000 notes on tumblr 265,000 likes on facebook 7,000 shares on facebook and 21 million estimated impressions, which is unbelievable. everybody is buzzing she is not going to the convention. she is cool. 2016, here we come. i have seen like two or three articles on that. based on this picture alone. people are crazy, but it's fun. so then, as we...
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i think the hillary clinton-obama primary helped. this one is the exception that proves the rule. >> i tend to agree. one cautionary note i throw in is a lot of times when it looks clearly like there's been damage in the primary season it can be a mirage. bill clinton was like the most damaged nominee, running a distant third place behind pirot and busch senior. in this primary, the damage that's been done is very specific, the attention paid to his income taxes things like that. damage has occurred with blue color swing voters. in the republican primaries, he does much better with rich republican voters than working with middle class republican voters. in the past month among general election volares his standing with voters has fallen 20 points. it's not just so much the damage is happening now, there's a recipe here that's been exposed. >> his unfavorable's have doubled since the primaries began. in this case, is newt gingrich doing some serious damage that maybe even president obama couldn't have done to mitt romney. >> well, i t
i think the hillary clinton-obama primary helped. this one is the exception that proves the rule. >> i tend to agree. one cautionary note i throw in is a lot of times when it looks clearly like there's been damage in the primary season it can be a mirage. bill clinton was like the most damaged nominee, running a distant third place behind pirot and busch senior. in this primary, the damage that's been done is very specific, the attention paid to his income taxes things like that. damage...
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there was a dekleining line during the clinton years. the chart is not about spending it is about spending as a percentage of g.d.p. spending did not decline during the clinton years spending went to 1.8 trillion in 2000, an increase of 27% and it increased every year, not the decline they fabricated. government revenue went up from 1.15 trillion in 1993 to 2.02 trillion, and increase of 75.4%. clinton raised travels, spending went up, taxes went up and the economy grew. more spending helped. raising taxes helped. the economy flourished. this is totally opposite from their false claims. the larger point some: these guys will distort to make their arguments. history fails them. economics fails them. the only answer for them is to steve. it's time to call them out. that's my view. [[vo]]joy behar is coming to current tv for one week only until the fall. what happens if you ask her to tone down her opinions? >>sorry, i can't hear you. what? [[vo]]or tell her she has to stick to a script? >>forget it. [[vo]]that will never happen on current.
there was a dekleining line during the clinton years. the chart is not about spending it is about spending as a percentage of g.d.p. spending did not decline during the clinton years spending went to 1.8 trillion in 2000, an increase of 27% and it increased every year, not the decline they fabricated. government revenue went up from 1.15 trillion in 1993 to 2.02 trillion, and increase of 75.4%. clinton raised travels, spending went up, taxes went up and the economy grew. more spending helped....
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and he referred to worthless bitch hilary clinton to sit on his machine gun. he sought out new gent's endorsement even capitulating -- romney ought to explain why he sought his endorsement, and whether he shares his values. that's fair. >> yeah. >> divisive language is offensive no matter what side of the aisle it comes from -- ♪ na na na ♪ >> did anything hilary rosen said come anywhere close to that. >> we're going to chop their heads off in november any questions? >> i would have say severed. >> yeah, that was indelicate. >> in the dressage -- >> yes, i would have -- yes, i would have said slice up between these dacotage and their mandible. >> that was my favorite moment in the madson show somebody shouted out what is a dressage horse? i'm like right. >> it's a much smother ride you almost don't feel like you are on a horse. >> it. >> yeah. it's a way of getting from -- >> i call it dinner. >> it's transportation, and if i had to i would chute it. >> the oklahoma senator said he didn't understand what all of the fuss was he said i can't figure out what
and he referred to worthless bitch hilary clinton to sit on his machine gun. he sought out new gent's endorsement even capitulating -- romney ought to explain why he sought his endorsement, and whether he shares his values. that's fair. >> yeah. >> divisive language is offensive no matter what side of the aisle it comes from -- ♪ na na na ♪ >> did anything hilary rosen said come anywhere close to that. >> we're going to chop their heads off in november any questions?...
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socarides former president of equality matters who served as an adviser it of lgbt issues to president clinton. you haven't stopped smiling since the decision came down. hugely important day. explain what this means and why it is so important. >> it was a important decision for a couple of reasons. first, because it is a very important federal appellate court. the second circuit is a very prestigious court. the chief judge is known as a conservative judge appointed by republican president. so you know, all of that makes for a very important decision anyway. but most importantly, this is the first appellate court say when we look at classifications based on sexual orientation, in other words, when a law treats americans based upon their sexual orientation that the government is going to have to come forward with a very strong reason to justify these laws. and no longer should the courts consider things like tradition or because we've already done it that way. and that if the government doesn't come forward with some strong justification, the laws will be held unconstitutional. >> eliot: let me
socarides former president of equality matters who served as an adviser it of lgbt issues to president clinton. you haven't stopped smiling since the decision came down. hugely important day. explain what this means and why it is so important. >> it was a important decision for a couple of reasons. first, because it is a very important federal appellate court. the second circuit is a very prestigious court. the chief judge is known as a conservative judge appointed by republican...
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mitt romney wins in the latest campaign finance war: bill clinton gets back in line with president obama while jeb gets out of line. politics? the money, the romney campaign hauled in nearly $77 million last month compared to 60 million for the president. mr. obama worked to close that gap with a 2-day west coast trip that started wednesday and included a sold-out lgbt leadership fundraiser in beverly hills last night. >> i could not be prouder of the work that we have done on behalf of the lgbt community. repealing don't ask/don't tell all of the administration work that's been done by agencies to make sure that folks are fully recognized. >> the president's fundraising drive was expected to raise more than 5 and a half million dollar for his campaign. as for his rival politico ken vogel is reporting the billionair, sheldon adelson may give a million dollars to restore our future a super p.a.c. he was newt gingrich's sugar daddy before his campaign went down in flames. if there was any doubt that jeb bush was not going to serve as romney's his praise for mr. obama's cameducation strateg
mitt romney wins in the latest campaign finance war: bill clinton gets back in line with president obama while jeb gets out of line. politics? the money, the romney campaign hauled in nearly $77 million last month compared to 60 million for the president. mr. obama worked to close that gap with a 2-day west coast trip that started wednesday and included a sold-out lgbt leadership fundraiser in beverly hills last night. >> i could not be prouder of the work that we have done on behalf of...
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there is scant evidence to that racing tax rates to clinton era levels is needed. the supply side argument that reduced tax rates will increase revenuerevenue simply isn't fact-based. fact four, a mere gloss over result orient the way of thinking and is not lafayetteible for modern era. number five, shareholders have not respond with sufficient energy and it's hard to imagine that shareholders will. wouldn't it be wonderful that politics who promote the world-view of deregulatory theocracy and rhetoric would listen to one of their own intellectual leaders. now what needs to be said is that judge posner is free to evolve on these issues because he does not profit from the current financial climate. he simply makes thoughtful conclusions by looking at evidence. my challenge to republicans at large. look at the facts. you cannot rely on romney or grover norquist. we know where they lie. we can all think for ourselves. that's my view. the chill of peppermint. the rich dark chocolate. york peppermint pattie get the sensation. our conversation is with you the viewer beca
there is scant evidence to that racing tax rates to clinton era levels is needed. the supply side argument that reduced tax rates will increase revenuerevenue simply isn't fact-based. fact four, a mere gloss over result orient the way of thinking and is not lafayetteible for modern era. number five, shareholders have not respond with sufficient energy and it's hard to imagine that shareholders will. wouldn't it be wonderful that politics who promote the world-view of deregulatory theocracy and...
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let's take a look at how bill clinton handled the town hall format in 1992. take watch. >> you know people who lost their jobs and lost their homes? >> mm-hmm, yeah. >> well, i have been governor of a small state for 12 years. i tell you how it's affected me. i have seen what's happened in this last four years when, in my state, when people lose their johns, it's a good chance i'll know them by their names. >> such a nice touch of humanity. how do you think inside the romney "war room," how would you try to teach romney that same kind of touch the human touch? >> well, i don't know that you can fundamentally change someone and that's a mistake a lot of folks make in debate prep. i think they have to meet romney where he is and i think romney just really needs to practice, practice practice. he needs to be comfortable walking into a setting like that. i think any spontaneous moment is a dangerous moment for him and debate is actually really important in that regard. they do give candidates the opportunity to show themselves, how quickly they can think on their
let's take a look at how bill clinton handled the town hall format in 1992. take watch. >> you know people who lost their jobs and lost their homes? >> mm-hmm, yeah. >> well, i have been governor of a small state for 12 years. i tell you how it's affected me. i have seen what's happened in this last four years when, in my state, when people lose their johns, it's a good chance i'll know them by their names. >> such a nice touch of humanity. how do you think inside the...
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every republican president since regan have done the same exact thing, even clinton, he was kind of a republican. >> that goes to the essence of this question. i think treason is too strong a word. maybe i'm too jaded about politicians, but i don't think they really care about the country. i think they think let me do at much damage as i can for my own political purposes. am i being too cynical about all politicians. >> yes possibly, i think it's a matter of degree. i think there are all politicians out for themselves to some extent, but some of them genuinely want what's best for the country and some have more of a conscious than others. these guys, what's stunning about them is they are absolutely amoral and shame less. they really don't give a damn with the consequences. if a wealthy patron wants something passed, it gets passed. if it's in their political interest, it gets passed which is why this notion of bipartisan politics is antiquated. they'll burn the place down if it earns them a buck. >> you know, i have to agree with richard. i think the words might be too strong, but th
every republican president since regan have done the same exact thing, even clinton, he was kind of a republican. >> that goes to the essence of this question. i think treason is too strong a word. maybe i'm too jaded about politicians, but i don't think they really care about the country. i think they think let me do at much damage as i can for my own political purposes. am i being too cynical about all politicians. >> yes possibly, i think it's a matter of degree. i think there...